Golf courses in Nekoosa, WI.

Nekoosa, WI

The Lido at Sand Valley Golf Resort in Wisconsin opened in 2023 and is unlike anything else in American golf: it is a reconstruction of a course that no longer exists. C.B. Macdonald's original Lido Club, built on Long Island in 1917 on sand pumped from a bay, was lost during the Second World War. The rebuild was made possible by Peter Flory, who spent years assembling a digital model of the original from aerial photographs, Macdonald's written plans and period accounts. Tom Doak, with Brian Schneider and Brian Slawnik, then built that model into the sand barrens at Nekoosa, hole for hole and contour for contour. The result includes Macdonald's template holes and several concepts that had disappeared from golf entirely, among them the Channel hole, where golfers choose how much of a diagonal carry to take on off the tee. It is walking only, and the scale of the greens and bunkers reflects 1917 design rather than modern practice.

Nekoosa, WI

Mammoth Dunes at Sand Valley Golf Resort in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, was designed by David McLay Kidd and opened in 2018 as the resort's second course. The site is an inland sand barren left by a glacial lake, and Kidd built the course to be enjoyable rather than punishing. Fairways are among the widest in American golf, some more than 100 yards across, and the greens are large with open fronts, so most approach shots can be run in along the ground. Sand blowouts and native scrub line the holes, and the elevation change through the dunes is substantial. The short par-4 14th, drivable for many golfers, is one of the most discussed holes at the resort. Sand Valley is a walking resort with caddies. Mammoth Dunes sits alongside the original Sand Valley course by Coore and Crenshaw, the Lido, the Sandbox short course and Sedge Valley.

Nekoosa, WI

The original course at Sand Valley Golf Resort in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened in 2017, Sand Valley routes across ancient glacial sand barrens, with wide fairways, exposed sand, and firm, fast turf that rewards ground-game creativity and thoughtful angles over raw distance. It is walking golf on rolling dune terrain, and the course that established the resort.

Nekoosa, WI

Sedge Valley opened in 2024 at Sand Valley in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, and was designed by Tom Doak. It was built deliberately short, playing to a par 68 at well under 6,000 yards, as a counterweight to the longer courses at the resort. The model was British heathland golf. Corridors are tighter than elsewhere on the property, the ground is covered in low sedge and scrub, and the emphasis is on shot placement and iron play rather than driving distance. There are more short par 4s and par 3s than a standard rotation. It is walking only, open to resort guests, and shares the same sandy soil as the resort's other courses.

Nekoosa, WI

Lake Arrowhead is a 36-hole golf facility in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, located in the sandy, pine-forested central part of the state, about 35 miles north of Wisconsin Dells. The two eighteen-hole courses, Lakes and Pines, wind through mature oaks and Norway pines within a 2,500-acre member-owned development. Ken Killian and Dick Nugent designed both courses; the Pines course opened in 1984 as one of the developments that helped establish central Wisconsin as a golf destination, alongside SentryWorld and Lawsonia. Both courses feature bent grass fairways, tees and greens, sculpted bunkers, sand waste areas and large contoured greens. The facility operates as a public/semi-private club tied to residential development, with members holding preferred tee times and outside play available; the Lakes course plays to roughly 7,105 yards at a par of 72.

Nekoosa, WI

The Sandbox is a 17-hole short course at Sand Valley Resort in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, located a short walk from the resort's clubhouse and lodges. It was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw with Jim Craig and opened to the public in 2018, occupying a restored sand prairie within the same sand ridge that frames the resort's Mammoth Dunes course. Holes range from about 40 to 140 yards and borrow from classic template concepts, including green complexes styled after the Biarritz, Redan, and Lion's Mouth. The compact routing allows a round to be finished in under two hours and can be played entirely with a putter or a few short clubs, making it accessible to golfers of any skill level playing alongside stronger players. As part of the Sand Valley resort, access is tied to resort guests and members rather than unrestricted daily-fee public play, and green fees are notably lower than the resort's full-length courses.